SCAHMS meetings at La Quinta Inn are on temporary hiatus until further notice.
Unfortunately, SCAHMS will no longer be able to hold meetings at La Quinta Inn due to increased monthly rates.
We are also reevaluating the club in general because of a lack of volunteers. It's time to take a break.
We will keep this site, as well as FaceBook active in the meantime, and try to stay in touch with everyone.
Hopefully the club can work something out.

We're having our yearly Christmas potluck & modeling day Saturday December 9th at La Quinta Inn, please come by and join in the fun!
We've have plenty of food, drink & camaraderie!
Bring in a project to work on, everything is welcome.
Also, the Show 'n' Tell tables will be open.

Penny Meyer will be our special guest at the October meeting, she will be doing a slide show presentation on the recent World Expo in Chicago!
Please come on by, this should be a good, especially for those that weren't able to attend the Expo.
We'll have coffee and treats on hand.

We're happy to announce the return of the SCAHMS workshop on Saturday August 12th from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Come on by, bring your latest project, or something that's been back burned for sometime. You may want to just come by and hang out, we'll have plenty of activities such as airbrushing, painting figures, armor, weathering and more!
Coffee and treat will be on hand, not to mention camaraderie!

We're happy to announce the return of our very own Randy Myers. Randy will be doing a presentation on making custom name plates.
Using a laptop and a separate monitor Randy will go through the process of formatting, printing, and applying the name plate. We haven't had a demo like this in quite some time, so this should be a good one, and useful!
Come on by, we'll have coffee, donuts and treats!

We're happy to announce the return of Bill Horan at the March 11th meeting, Bill will be doing a presentation (to be announced soon) at the meeting prior to the California show in April.
Please come on by, this is a rare opportunity!

We're very happy to announce the return of Thor at our upcoming Feb. 11th meeting.
Thor will demonstrate painting and weathering groundwork with acrylics, enamels and pigments with various techniques on different terrain samples.
This should be a great presentation!

We're happy to announce that David Powell will be doing a presentation at the November 12th meeting. David will be demonstrating how to paint designs and patterns freehand!
This should be a great demo, for those that have missed David's previous demo's, you don't want to miss this one!
Please come on by, we''ll have snacks, coffee & camaraderie!

We're happy to announce the return of Bill Salvatore at the October 8th meeting.
Bill will be doing a presentation and demo on designing, engraving, and casting metal flats and semi-round figures.This should be a very informative and inspiring demo!
Come on by, we'll have coffee, treats and camaraderie!

We're happy to announce the return of the SCAHMS modelling - workshop day on Saturday September 10th
Hours are: 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Come on by, bring your current projects to work on, tell your friends!
We'll have lot's going on, including demos, airbrushing, weathering and more.
There will be plenty of modelers on hand with tips and techniques and willing to lend a hand. Or you can come by to just hang out, and visit with friends and like minded people, always a fun event, highly recommended!

We're very pleased to announce the return of Penny Meyer at our upcoming meeting on Saturday August 13th.
Penny with be doing a painting demo. For those that haven't seen one of her demo's in the past, please come on by, they're always inspiring and informative!
We'll have coffee and treats and camaraderie!

I realized the Chicago Show was going on this weekend and I have been meaning to make this video featuring about 200 odd photos I took at the 2014 show. So this is for you guys and gals who are in Chicago, or the unfortunate ones that couldn't make it (like me). Enjoy.

Attached are YouTube links to Randy Myers wonderful demo held at our May 14th meeting.
Part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbUXSAu3vg0
Part 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C3T2DMIdLfg
Many thanks to Steve Lloyd for shooting the video!

We're happy to announce that a new modeler (to our group anyway) will be joining us for a demo at the July 9th SCAHMS meeting, Rick will be doing a demonstration on his weathering techniques.
Come on by, tell your friends, we'll have coffee and treats on hand!

We're happy to announce the return on long time SCAHMS member Randy Myers for May the meeting demo!
Randy will be demonstrating painting a large scale face in oils, this should be a very informative and inspiring demo, come on by, tell your friends!
We'll have coffee and treats and camaraderie!

Steve Durling was our special guest demonstrator at the the March 12th meeting, below are links to the videos from that meeting. Steve did a great demo on using metallics on metal figures.
Part 1: https://youtu.be/go0fur9uHBs
Part 2: https://youtu.be/81TojuOZNL0
Many thanks to Steve Lloyd for taking this video.

We're happy to announce the return of Steve Durling at the upcoming SCAHMS meeting.
Steve will be doing a demo on metallic finishes on metal figures, as well as a Q&A on working with metallic's. He'll have a figure he's currently working on for an example.
Come on by, this should be an informative and inspiring demo!
We'll have coffee, refreshments and camaraderie!

We're happy to announce that this years guest at the California Show will be a presentation on 3D modelling and sculpting, and 3D printing etc.
This area of modelling is revolutionizing the hobby. This should be a most inspiring and informative presentation. Vince will be on at 11:00 a.m. Saturday the 9th.
General Admission $7.00
Kids & Seniors $5.00
Exhibitors $25.00
Member (Exhibitors) $20.00

We're happy to announce the return of long time SCAHMS member Randy Meyers at the January 9th 2016 meeting. Randy will be demonstrating his unique style of painting in enamels and oils.
Please come on by, this is sure to be a great demo, and a good start to kick in the new year!
We'll have coffee and treats and camaraderie!

We're happy to announce the return of Aaron Lovejoy at our December 12th meeting. Aaron will be doing a presentation on the art of wet blending.
This is sure to be a great demo, please come on by, bring your friends!
We'll have coffee and refreshments & camaraderie!

We're very happy to announce that Thor Intararangson will be joining us for a demo on diorama composition. Thor is an amazing modeler, and this will be his first with us. Please come on by and join us for an inspiring and informative presentation!
We'll have coffee, and refreshments, door prizes and more!

We're very happy to announce another all-day workshop coming up on Saturday October 10th from 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
David Powell will be joining us, and doing a demo on painting 54 mm heads.
We'll also have airbrushing, painting flats, weathering techniques & more!

We'll be having an airbrushing Q&A at the Aug. 8th SCAHMS meeting! Lars Liljeblad & David Whitford will be hosting. We plan to cover the basic, such as cleaning equipment, thinning paint, paint choices and more!
We'd like to get everyone involved, there will be plenty of sample models, figures and card stock to practice on. Come on by!
We'll have refreshments, door prizes, and camaraderie!

We're pleased to announce the return of Mike Butman at the August 8th meeting. Mike will be taking a slight diversion from the usual demo's, and instead will be doing a presentation on collecting Militaria. He'll be covering mostly Turn-of-the-century subject matter.
Please come on by, join us for a fun and inspiring meeting. We'll have refreshments, coffee, door prizes and more!

Steve Durling was our guest demonstrator at the May 9th meeting, here's the links.
Enjoy!
Part 1, https://youtu.be/fx_Ots1zZ4k
Part 2, http://www.youtube.com/1II4G75v65o
Part 3, https://youtu.be/CpO3PLVtPoQ
Many thanks to Steve Lloyd for taking the video!

We're very happy to announce the return of long time SCAHMS member Randy Myers for our July meeting demo!
Randy is a very accomplished sculptor and painter and will be doing a PowerPoint on sculpting a head of Clint Eastwood!
This is a demo not to be missed! please come on by, tell your friends, we'll have coffee, treats and best of all comraderie !

Here's a 3-part video of our recent show at La Quinta Inn:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdva9kOexrE
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b_y-mEB7VjA
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OhrKXw6l6JQ
Many thanks to Steve Lloyd for taking this video.

We're happy to announce Steve Durling as our demonstrator at the May 9th meeting! Steve will be doing a demo on pinning and prepping metal figures prior to painting.
Please come by and join us, we'll have coffee and treats!

Here's the links to the recent 2015 California Show awards ceremony:
Part 1, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AvRIwkA-Gw0
Part 2, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WLRzaQxxS8M
Many thanks to Steve Lloyd for making these videos available!

We're happy to present this 4-part painting tutorial by grand master Penny Meyer, this is an ongoing project Penny is doing at our SCAHMS workshops:
Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a2vBX2r3d6U
Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oQ4Qe_-jQQ0
Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Srbd_-_Y4-g
Part 4: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HdoMvkKwU7o

Here's Bill Horan's demo on sculpting at the Feb. 14th SCAHMS meeting.
I would like to thank Steve Lloyd for making this video possible!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5xnaXGr4_bA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tg0fpNaCgfw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d-kLmZSXk8U
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGACyqPY4rE
Enjoy!